 It is a grim time to be a member of the news media, they write, like they're victims. Many people, though presumably few here at the Washington Post, see this as karma, if not good news. They view the media as having failed at its basic task of informing the public. That sentiment is particularly acute in the realm of political coverage. Donald Trump has spent nearly a decade excoriating the press for its alleged failings, failings that tend to correspond to coverage of his false statements. See, they do it right to the end.